Compiler and CRT

VS 2015 Update 2 includes a new version of the C/C++ compiler (19.00.23918). There is also a new version of the C/C++ Runtime (14.0.23918). See these posts for details of the compiler and library improvements, along with this list of bug fixes.

Windows 10 SDK: VS 2015 Update 2 includes Windows Tools 1.3 with the Windows 10 SDK for Version 1511 (10.0.10586). As before, this is an optional install. The new Windows Tools 1.3 also adds a UI dialog when creating new UWP projects that prompts for which version of the Windows 10 SDK to use. Note that this same dialog is triggered when using my Direct3D 12 Win32 Game templates--the minimum version value is not used in Win32 projects.

Visual C++ Build Tools 2015: There is a new edition of Visual Studio available without the IDE for those just looking for the compiler toolset.